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Show CARS ARK ESSENTIAL A significant change has taken place in our approach to the tire problem, since Mr. Jeffers became ''rubber czar." Nobody is tying to kid us any more into believing that all but a comparatively few of the nation's 27 million automobiles automo-biles are a luxury. They are a grim necessity and the war effort will be impaired in direct proportion to the number of cars taken out of service. This new approach is a distinct dis-tinct help to public moale. It is an affirmative instead of a negative program. The United States News reflects this new common sense attitude in a report to car owners: "Automobile owners own-ers now have the government's assurance that they will be permitted to buy tires for essential operation of their cars. Whether the tires they buy will be new, used or recapped re-capped depends upon the amount of driving required by the car owners in their businesses and necessary household house-hold pursuits. No tires can be obtained for pleasure driving, and all motorists who get new tires .must follow certain rules laid down by the government." 1 We still have a long way to go before the rubber problem pro-blem is solved. But we are on our way and confusion in the public mind is abating. |